KOTA KINABALU, Aug. 11 -- Head of State Yang diPertua Negeri Sabah Tun Musa Aman said he has ordered a comprehensive and transparent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the passing of 13-year-old schoolgirl Zara Qairina Mahathir.

The former chief minister-turned-governor said that the people were seeking justice in her tragic death and no stone must be left unturned in the investigation.

"This investigation must be conducted with the utmost diligence, without fear or favour, and guided solely in the pursuit of truth and justice," he said in a statement today.

"Seeking justice is not vengeance. It is the fulfilment of Allah's command to protect the weak and punish the wrongdoer," he added.

He also reiterated his call to th...